“Tragic incident, and sick to be honest,” Reid said during Wednesday’s team press conference. “James is with his family now, where he needs to be. When he comes back, he comes back. But right now it’s his time to be with his family as you would expect. Our thoughts and prayers go out to he and his family.”

Reid mentioned that if Winchester doesn’t return to the team by Sunday that the Chiefs have two emergency long snappers available: tight end Travis Kelce and fullback Anthony Sherman.

“I’m not saying [Winchester is] not [going to play] on Sunday,” Reid said. “But if he’s not we’ve got a couple guys that can do it. So we’ll let those guys practice it and go.”

Safety Eric Berry talked about reaching out to Winchester, as well as the family atmosphere in the locker room giving Winchester full support.

“I just sent him a text and told him we’re thinking about him,” Berry said. “I didn’t want to talk to him too much because it’s a tough time … I just let him know if he needs anything, I’m here to talk to him. Along with a lot of the guys on the team as well. We’re all here for him. We’re a team, but we treat it as family.”

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